Planning · 20 example ideas · 40 rows

Test backlog with ICE scores

A backlog for growth tests, scored for impact, confidence and ease, with twenty example ideas for online stores to score your own way.

  • Hypothesis, measure and ICE score for every idea
  • Twenty example tests for online stores, scored as a starting point
  • Status, owner, result and decision, so the backlog doubles as a log
  • CSV7 KB
CSVhypential-test-backlog.csvSorted by ICE score
1IDIdeaICEICE
2T-009Turn on express payment buttons7797.7
3T-005Three new UGC hooks on the bestselling body8677.0
4T-001Delivery date range under the price7687.0
5T-007Add a browse-abandonment flow7777.0
6T-018Refill reminder at day 307676.7
7T-004Free-shipping progress bar6686.7
What’s inside

Everything in the file.(05)

  1. 01Columns: ID, area, idea, hypothesis, primary measure
  2. 02Impact, confidence and ease out of ten, and the ICE score worked out
  3. 03Status, owner, start week, result and decision
  4. 04Twenty example ideas across product pages, offers, email, paid social and retention
  5. 05Twenty empty rows that score themselves as you type
The files
  • hypential-test-backlog.csvFor Google Sheets, Excel or NumbersCSV
    7 KB
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Four steps

How to use it.

  1. Delete the examples you would never run; rescore the rest for your store.
  2. Add every new idea as a row, written as “if we…, then…, because…”.
  3. Sort by ICE score and pick the week’s tests from the top.
  4. When a test ends, fill in the result and the decision. Never delete a row.
Why we made it

Teams that test without a backlog test whatever was said loudest on Monday. A scored list makes the order an argument you can have in a minute.

The example scores are ours for a typical store, not a promise. Change them; the formula keeps up.

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FAQ

Questions about planning.

Not on the list? Ask us.

The average of three scores out of ten: impact (how much it could move the number), confidence (how sure you are) and ease (how quickly you can ship it).

Still unsure?Saimul Islam answers every message.

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